Were excited to have with us this morning our speaker this morning, david boaz, hes the executive Vice President of the Cato Institute. Hes play ared a key role in the development of the Cato Institute and the lib earntarian libertarian movement. Hes the author of this new book thelibertarian mind. Hes a provocative commentator and a leading authority on nest inissues such as domestic issues and as an aside, the house this week is taking up the reauthorization of the elementary and secondary education act, drug legalization, the growth of government, the rise of libertarianism. Hes the former editor of of new guard magazine, was executive director of the council for a competitive economy. Prior to joining cato. Hes written lots of different publications, his other books include the politics of freedom and the cato handbook for policymaker. Hes been in the New York Times, Washington Post etc. Frequent commentator on national television. And just as an example of davids thinking heres a
Thank you to all these people for having us. Great job. Thank you very much. Very relevant book really appreciate it. Our authors will be signing in the back of the store and we think each of you for coming tonight and that you come for our next event. Thank you all. Thank you all for coming. [inaudible conversations] booktv is on twitter and facebook. Tweet us twitter. Com booktv. Or post a comment on facebook. Com booktv. First of this week indicate institutes david those present his thoughts on libertarianism. And discusses his popularity in the u. S. Day. We are excited to have with us this morning our speakers this morning david boaz, executive Vice President of the Cato Institute, he played a key role in the development of the libertarian movement. He is the author of this new book the libertarian mind a menifesto for freedom and editor of the libertarian reader. He is a provocative commentator and leading authority on domestic issues such as education shoelace, taking the reauth
So the consequences, madam president , of failing to raise the debt ceiling are crystal clear. Interest rates on middleclass expenses like home mortgages, and Student Loans shoot up. Housing markets, automobile markets and others decline, many are laid off. And then others are laid off in a cyclical cycle. As most cycles are. The dollar will lose its value, making everyday purchases more expensive and the federal Government Faces terrible choices about who to pay, seniors, veterans, military, creditors. To risk these consequences would be a terrible mistake. So in conclusion, madam president , i come here with a simple plea. Not to our Tea Party Activists activists activist colleagues but to mainstream conservative republican friends. Please help us avoid the default crash. Please help us avoid an economic apocalypse. Were ready to talk. Were ready to negotiate on anything you want but first open up the government and pay our bills. Then we can sit down and debate our differences. The
The president urged the speaker to hold a vote in the house of representatives on the Senate Measure that would reopen the federal government immediately. Citing the senate intention to pass a clean your long of the debt limit this week, the president also pressed the speaker to allow a timely up or down vote in the house to raise the debt limit with no ideological strings attached. He noted that only congress has the authority to raise the debt limit. Failure to do so would have grave consequences for middle class families and the American Economy as a whole. That is the latest from the president. That is incomplete reputation of any anonymous statement that any staff person may have said and is pretty clear. I want to come back to you and ask you again, another question. Can you guarantee that if this commission were to meet and bring out findings, that you and or the speaker can guarantee that Tea Party Members will support those recommendations . I thank the gentleman for yielding
Topics, what is your message to washington . Washington could mean a lot of things. Your message to president obama, to house members, to republicans in the house and senate, or maybe specifically to your member of congress. Regardless, tell us which are message to washington is when it comes to shut down and the debt ceiling. Here is your chance to do so. Guest for republicans, host for democrats 202 7370001 for democrats, 202 7370002 for republicans, you can reach out to us on social media, on twitter, http twitter. Com cspanwj, and you can always send us an email at journal cspan. Org. All of the papers dealing with this issue, some from across the United States going back to the chicago tribune, the headline is obama will not pay ransom, boehner wont surrender. Obama onami herald, shutdown, apologies and blame. Insists he wont negotiate is the subhead. And hints ofs, compromise, from the Richmond Times dispatch. To get the latest on what is coming on when it comes to discussions no